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All the scripts described below can be read in full on the Lazy Bee Scripts web site (click on the titles).
However, all the scripts on this site are copyrighted. They may not be printed, quoted or performed without the permission of Lazy Bee Scripts.
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Song suggestions are included in the Producer's copy of the script. Lazy Bee Scripts does not supply any sheet music with this script.

Style

A full length family show.

Synopsis

In a departure from the original story, the evil Dr Grimm imprisons Rapunzel in a tower, so as to make use of the magical by-product of her hair - to hypnotise the villagers to do her bidding. Needless to say, she is eventually thwarted by the powers of good.

Minimum Male roles = 4. Minimum Female roles = 2. Minimum total with doubling = 10. Minimum total without doubling = 12. No chorus. Characters include Woofer, the dog and The Speckled Band (a musical group whose role is to play three ominous chords). For the rest, the producer's copy of the script contains some guidance as to who might play which.

Run Time

Around 90 minutes. [Estimated!]

Music

None.

Style

Family show (an alternative to British Pantomime) in two acts, treating Conan Doyle's famous creation to merciless parody. Multiple locations, but minimal sets intended.

Synopsis

The (self-proclaimed) World's Greatest Detective sets off with Watson in tow to discover who has been thieving from the larder of Doome-Layden Hall, but the pair find more than they’d bargained for when the run into the Beast of Bingley Moor.

Sheet music for four original songs provided with the Producer's Copy of the Script.

Style

Parody of Sherlock Holmes stories, visual jokes, theatrical jokes, wordplay. Not strictly a pantomime, but has some of the elements (including Mrs. Hudson as a pantomime dame) and could fit in a slot in the panto season.

Synopsis

Lucy Matravers engages Holmes and Watson to resolve a dispute over a family will, bringing conflict with Holmes's arch enemy, Moriarty.

Minimum Male roles = 3. Minimum Female roles = 8. Minimum total with doubling = 18. Minimum total without doubling = 18. Chorus. The chorus is optional. The dwarves are all written male but have not been included in the count of definitely male characters.

Run Time

Around 85 minutes. [Estimated!]

Music

None.

Style

Full length play (with the option of music if a production wishes to add it!) This is not a British Pantomime version of the story, but fits much the same purpose - entertainment for a family audience.

Synopsis

The fairytale of the princess driven out by her wicked stepmother, finding refuge with a company of miners.

The producer's copy of the script includes suggestions for 10 songs. Lazy Bee Scripts does not supply any sheet music with this script.

Style

Family show. Not quite a British Panto, but occupying a similar spot in a threatrical season! Includes two optional storytelling sequences (with roles which might be mimed by younger cast members).

Synopsis

It's time for the 500th tea tasting festival in Linga Longa, but the Princess Rosy Lee is intent on escaping the confines of the palace instead. She ships out with the brave Captain Paddy Fields in search of the Temple of Gloom and the Two-handled Teapot of the Red River Demon.

Minimum Male roles = 2. Minimum Female roles = 1. Minimum total with doubling = 3. Minimum total without doubling = 3. No chorus. The Three Musketeers, the Cardinal, the Cardinal's servant, the Queen and Milady are played by the same three actors!

Run Time

Around 90 minutes. [Estimated!]

Music

Sheet music for three original songs provided with the Producer's Copy of the Script.

Style

Hilarious adventure with the Three Musketeers. Visual jokes, physical comedy, theatrical jokes, wordplay. (Not strictly pantomime, but contains many panto elements, so would be at home in a panto season or at any other time!)

Synopsis

Cardinal Richelieu is trying to usurp the throne of France by stealing the crown jewels. In desperation, the Queen turns to the Athos, Porthos and Aramis. In retaliation, the Cardinal turns to his servant, Brie (played by an actor who turned up for a performance of Treasure Island) and the seductive Milady. Deception, mayhem, sword fights and hilarity ensue.

Comedy play in two acts. This is not a British Pantomime version of the story, but fits much the same purpose - entertainment for a family audience

Synopsis

A comic retelling of Dumas' classic tale, containing all the original elements but reconstructed in a manner that's a little... unorthodox. D'Artagnan and the musketeers battle the wicked Cardinal Richelieu and his accomplice, Milady de Winter.

Minimum Male roles = 6. Minimum Female roles = 6. Minimum total with doubling = 23. Minimum total without doubling = 26. Chorus. The cast includes cats and gremlins. Gladys could be played as a pantomime dame.

Run Time

Around 97 minutes. [Estimated!]

Music

The producer's copy of the script comes with the scores for 11 original songs (plus five reprises).

Style

A musical family show with opportunities for audience participation (therefore occupying a theatrical space close to British Pantomime).

Synopsis

Graveling, the evil witch, has turned a number of good people into life size dolls and cats. The young heroes, enlist the help of the owners of the Magic Shop and Marlin the decrepit magician, and together they manage to defeat the witch and her gremlin helpers.

Minimum Male roles = 1. Minimum Female roles = 1. Minimum total with doubling = 15. Minimum total without doubling = 18. No chorus. Whilst most of the characters are nominally male, they are mostly animals, so you can make your own mind up as to who plays what!

Run Time

Around 105 minutes. [Estimated!]

Music

The Producer's Copy of the script includes suggestions for 9 songs and further pieces of incidental music. Lazy Bee Scripts does not supply any sheet music with this script.

Style

Staging of the Kenneth Grahame story, with some elements of British pantomime.

Synopsis

The classic tale retold panto-style, complete with Toad's caravan, the stealing of a motor car and the battle for Toad Hall, but with a few new faces along the way.